Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-03

ton Of public affairs has been highly credit |
able, greatly advancing the prosperity and |
welfare of the whole people. tApplause)
{" MORE VIGOROUS AND AGGRESSIVE DE |
MoCRAcYn
If were to make any suggestions upon |
this occasion, should only urge upon our |
party friends such action as will tend to the |
encouragement or development of a more |
vigorous and aggressive Democratic every |
where tApplause.) The Democratic banner |
should be nailed to the outer wall, ii at all |
men may see our colors and know under |
which flag fight. tApp'ause) believe |
that the best interests of the country are to
be subserved by Democratic rule, and we
should not be ashamed to say So tApplause)
We have no apologies to make, because we
believe in the principles of our party. 1--WE
are now as we ever have been-for measures,
not for men. We pin our faith upon no
mans coat sleeve"
The promises of our platform on which we
obtained power should be religiouslv OBJ
served. The selfish and partisan legislation
Of our adversaries should he promptly re-
PEAKED wherever have the opportunity. The
tenure of office act passed in 1887, only to annoy
and hinder an honest president, whom they re
Bdlucu us OtstftItrbuS uttduSr Ne was HONEST,
should be blotted from the statute book TAP
plause) My friend Gen Black tells ME that
the bin has been passed by the house
within few days tApplause) The federal
election law, providing for federal supervisors
and marshals to supervise and control our
elections in sovereign states, which rs a relic of
arbitrary and unnecessary war legislation, should
also be repealed Applause) 1t makes no diff
ference that this patronage is in our hands;
fha laXr I,4 nd m An
plause) Its enforcement is useless waste of the
peoples money, and question of principle is in
volved which should always he regarded as more
important than nirIe party patronage. ZAP
plauea) The enormous anil unnecessary rev
enues Of the country taken from the people By
indirect taxation should he reduced
There NAV be differences of opinion as to de-
tails, and our party is broad and generous enough
to tolerate them but upon the main question
there ought not to be any dispute. Those differ
ences should he harmoniLed and adiustel il .
spirit of unsrlfsh patriotism 10 the end that soma
practical measure of relief embOdying the things
upon which all can we'll agree may he speedily
enacted and thereby the honor and credit Of our
party may be advanced our pledges redeemed
and the good of the country subservrd ZAP
piause)
REDUCE TAXATION
If my voice could reach ouI friends every " her
| would urge in reference 10 thrsr- question: tl
adoption of that policy which teaches In essen
tisS unity, In uonessenti0ls hbzity. and all
things, charity" U-ons continued applause
n Poster the president of the .sefubIican club,
said at the Lincoln dinner This club is to nro-
mote the principles Of the Republican party
These incade taxation which is protection alike
to.the wage Garner aud the wage payer" laugh
teri This admission has at least the merit Of
frankDess. II has heretofore been difficult
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protect ANYBODY. daughter If taxation
is protection - daughterl r. then it must
follow that the greater the taxation
the greater the protection. This doctrine NAV he
popular with those who used to contend that e
public dett was public blessing AMI hence the
greater the debt the greater the blessing cut it
was believed thar this theory had long since been
exploded Protecting a wage Garner by taxing
him is like q farmer going To mil upon horse
hack putting his has, of grain upon his shoulders
in order 10 relieve the horse. daughter
Taxation is a burden. and it cannot be made
lighter or more acceptable by calling it soinethns
else. This argument in favor Of protection
which does not IN fact protect s 90 par with
The dcmau'i Of few Proprietors Of enneri.s. de
A,lihed in The Evening Post. vino have insisted
upon tax or an import duty upon EGGS IL order
to protect o'lr American hens from the internal
activity OF the paupsr hens Of Europe tCon;in.
, ned laughter aud applause
GOVERNOR HILLS tIEw or FARTy POLICY
L is especially desirable that a part Y T4,r
| Mo- as against common ea.Iuy, q b1lI arI ~
er.s>iVs policy and rulIg7a OF acttu. ] i-iiHa
h' Ie'f'Isy III politics and would not do Induced,
bet would not do directly | would remove
10 r'ibcans from Office in proper cases not upon
technical or trumped up charges 81 false grounds
but becaaaa they are Republicans and are
| opposed TO the principles of my party
IN H.
impcrtant places is detrimental TO the public in
terests which we seek to promote. Let US
call the closing words of that famous st Joiis
platform of lh16, substantially dictated by Alr
Tiiden himself I'VE demand change uf system
a change of administration change OF parties
| that we may have change of measures and OF
Men. tApplause.i That same admirable plat.
form tHrNs'ly declared that ali in authority are
the peoples servants Their offices are not a
| private perqnisite, they are public trust
| tApPauSe.l The peoples servants should repre-
| sent the sentiments of the people The faithful
fuiilllment of their official trust demands their
adherence and devotion to the principles approved
ID their election or involved in their appointment
Thls Is not only common sense, but it is honor
able Politics. but politics in its best sense is the
| science of government (Applause)
LINCOLN No MORE A SPOKESMAN THAN Jackson
| stand here to defend Abraham Iincoin-iap
| plause(-from the charge of being sportsman"
although the fact remains that upon his advent to
power he soon removed every Democrats Offiea-
holder in every northern state and did it while the
| country was in the very throes of war and while
| Democratic soldiers in countless numbers were
marching to the front to preserve an imported
Union. applause In a speech delivered by
| DISTINGUISHED orator at Tsmmany hall IN MAY.
| 1871, he said, in defense Of President Jackson:
| He has been violently aSsailed because
be preferred friends TO enemies; because, in the
exercise of right he consulted his own iudg-
ment and. influenced by the convictions Of his dis
| eliminating mind and by proper regard to the
| interests of his country. he removed individuals
| from office who were opposed TO his election and
| appointed to their places firm advocates Of De
| mocracy and competent men" lApplsusel This
course so fully met the approval of the people
and Of his party tina, it is said that In SOME of the
back districts they have been voting for N'OIl
| Hickory" ever since. daughter
| PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND HIS PARTY
President Cleveland may rest assured that. al.
| though hampertd by an adverse senate ard triti-
cised by arancorous opposition press aud impstied
| by the soiicitIEle OF sons protested but fair
| weather friends, who seem TO be unnatural allies,
| III, VIII have the support and confidence ri hiS
| party in every courageous effort which he laav
| make TO purity the public service and to advance
| the cause Of good government by the promotion
| OF Democratic principles
| our opponents arr beginning to discover-what
| seems most annoyinG-tha there are two political
parties in this state. From 1850 to 1881 Repub-
| hcan politicians believed and acted upon the be
lief that none but a Republican had any political
| rights could with decency assert any form Of
political claim. During all that period the chief
| weapon in the Republican political armory was
the revolving doctrine persistently declared that
| Onehaf of the American people must never be
! permitted TO take part in government which is
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over, The unrecoguized half has become the
| ruling element It has successfully administered
| the government of this state for the four years
| just ended. Its hold upon power has strength
| ened with each year. Two years of adminstra-
ton are still before it Its opponents are divided
| into wranglng factions Their leaders serve cor
porate interests first and political purposes after
| ward. (Applause1
THE THREE DISPUTED sENAToRsHlps.
| Defeated in California in the recent senatorial
| contest they cry doodle" and avert their faces
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